2009-04-15 Happy Thoughts for Future = More Time to Live It?
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Here is a good reason to be hopeful about the future: it might help you stay alive. Findings from a new study…
2009-04-08 A Combination Pill Lowers Blood Pressure and Bad Cholesterol
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Studies have shown that the fewer medicines a person has to take the more likely he or she will take them. Last…
2009-04-01 Male Circumcision Reduces Chances of Human Papillomavirus
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Male circumcision is the cutting off of a small amount of skin from the tip of the penis. In many parts of…
2009-03-25 New Test Could Speed Tuberculosis Results
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tuberculosis killed one million three hundred thousand people around the world in two thousand seven. In addition, almost half a million people…
2009-03-18 Study Links Hot Weather to Migraine Headaches
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A migraine headache can cause disabling pain. People may not feel back to normal for hours or even days. Migraine headaches are…
2009-03-11 Laying the Roots for Healthy Teeth in Young Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Bad teeth can be painful — and worse. They can even be deadly. Infections of the gums and teeth can release bacteria…
2009-03-04 Scientists Take Step in Search of ‘Universal’ Flu Vaccine
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Evidence is increasing that common influenza viruses are becoming resistant to the main drug used to treat them. The drug is oseltamivir,…
2009-02-25 A Handful of Findings About Finger Length
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Is there meaning in the length of a finger? An eighteen ninety-three guidebook called “Modern Etiquette in Public and Private” had this…
2009-02-18 Young Peoples’ Risky Behavior on Social Network Sites
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say more than half of young people who use MySpace often discuss high-risk behaviors. Two studies of the social networking site…
2009-02-11 Teens, Television, and Depression
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults. But…
2009-02-04 Something a Bone Will Never Say: Give Me a Break
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The medical term for a broken bone is a fracture. But there are different kinds of fractures. A single fracture is when…
2009-01-28 Researchers Look Behind the Tears to Study Crying
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Politics is an emotional business. Still, many people found themselves unusually moved by the historic presidential inauguration last week in Washington. Watching…
2009-01-21 How Strangers Can Make You Happy
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. What makes people happier: money or having happy friends and neighbors? Researchers from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego,…
2009-01-14 Wising Up About Wisdom Teeth
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Wisdom teeth are normally the last teeth to appear in the mouth. It usually happens when people are older and wiser. That…
2009-01-07 City Has a Lot Fewer Heart Attacks After Smoking Ban
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. More than twenty of the fifty American states ban smoking in public places. Many other states have partial bans. And many local…